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“I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English, and then just art. Then I passed out.” quote by Joe Strummer — Download Open image

“I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English, and then just art. Then I passed out.”

Joe Strummer

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